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<h1>Password file functions.</h1>
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Various functions to extract information from the /etc/passwd file.
This will not work on DOS machines.
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<h2>man pages. </h2>
Some of these links may not work as your system may not support 
all the functions. 
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<a href="../MAN/getpwnam.htm">getpwuid</a>
<i>Get a record by keying on the UID (numeric).</i>
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<a href="../MAN/getpwnam.htm">getpwnam</a>
<i>Get a record by keying on the user name.</i>
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<a href="../MAN/fgetpwent.htm">fgetpwent</a>
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<a href="../MAN/getpwent.htm">getpwent</a>
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<a href="../MAN/getpwent.htm">setpwent</a>
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<a href="../MAN/getpwent.htm">endpwent</a>
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<a href="../MAN/getpw.htm">getpw</a>
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<a href="../MAN/putpwent.htm">putpwent</a>
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<h2>Some notes</h2>

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<a href="../EXAMPLES/user_name.c">Example program.</a>


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